Central Indiana mass transit bill finds roadblock in Senate committee

6:48 PM,
Apr. 2, 2013

Indiana Sen. Pat Miller, a Republican from Indianapolis, said a legislative study of a Central Indiana mass transit proposal will help senators better understand whether a bill passed by the House is necesary. A Senate committee amended the study into the House bill on April, 2, 2013.

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Central Indiana's long-discussed mass transit expansion appears to be on hold for another year after legislation promoting the issue took a significant detour Tuesday.

The Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee voted 12-0 to study the issue over the summer rather than approve legislation that would have let voters decide in a referendum whether to double bus service in Marion County and add commuter routes to Hamilton County.

The full Senate likely will vote next week on whether to allow the study committee. If approved, advocates would have to wait for the results of the study before ...